Ecosystems Checkpoint Quiz 3/1

What is a community?

• habitat with abiotic factors added

• very small habitat

• all the abiotic factors in a specific area

• all the different populations that live together in an area

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Which factor is an abiotic factor?

• Lion

• plant

• water

• c and d

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Biotic factors are the

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem.

• Weather and climate.

• Living organisms in an ecosystem

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The place where an animal lives and gets what it needs to survive is

• Community.

• habitat.

• environment.

• a. niche.

What is a system that is formed by the interaction of a community of organisms and its environment

• Evaporation

• ecosystem

• solar system

• water cycle

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What are the living or once-living parts of the environment, such as the trees, bushes, and lions of the savanna?

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• biosphere

• ecological factors

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What is the definition of an ecosystem?

• An un-natural unit consisting of plants, animals, and mico-organisms in an area functioning together with the non-living physical factors of the environment.

• An natural unit consisting of plants, animals, and mico-organisms in an area functioning together with the non-living physical factors of the environment.

• An natural unit consisting of plants, animals, and mico-organisms in an area functioning separately from the non-living physical factors of the environment.

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What is a terrestrial ecosystem?

• ecosystem made mostly of land, but can have some water

• ecosystem made up mostly water, but can have some land

• different organisms that coexist in the same area

• members of the same type of organism that live in an environment

What is an aquatic ecosystem?

• ecosystem made mostly of land, but can have some water

• ecosystem made up mostly water, but can have some land

• different organisms that coexist in the same area

• members of the same type of organism that live in an environment

Marine ecosystem that connects a river with the ocean

• estuary

• salt marsh

• mangrove swamp

• coral reef

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